Ian Robinson Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas, United States

Responsibilities: In this role I managed a team of 5 to 6 Technical Product Managers, most of whom worked remotely. This team was tasked with delivering agent software for mainframes and midrange servers supported by the company's workload automation software product. My specific responsibilities included the everyday management of the team in terms of evaluating and approving/denying time off requests, setting and monitoring goals and objectives, conducting performance appraisals and one-on-one meetings and remote team stand-ups. I was also responsible to manage project dependencies between my team and the team responsible for delivering the Microsoft-based workload automation engine components of the product.Concurrently with this I also continued with individual contributor responsibilities as the SQL Server database administrator and database developer for the product database, I was responsible for creating and maintaining all T-SQL scripts related to the creation and upgrading of the product database, implementing high availability options such as replication and database mirroring and general database maintenance tasks such as database and transaction log backups, DBCC checks and index defragmentation.From June 2019 through January 2021 I took on the added responsibility of acting as an Agile facilitator for the team of developers assigned to the development of the companion product, Deploy. This included facilitating Agile ceremonies like stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives and grooming sessions as well as guiding work prioritization and scheduling and the team's daily use of Jira.Accomplishments:Developed a higher level of collaboration and communication amongst Technical Product Managers than previously existed through introducing regular standups and more structured and consistent development processes using tools like Rally Software and Jira.Successfully planned and executed the migration from Rally Software to Jira.

Houston, United States

Responsibilities: As a Development Manager I managed a team of 2 - 5 developers responsible for the development of Microsoft Windows based applications in C#, C++, VB6 and T-SQL. Concurrently with this I was personally responsible for the development of T-SQL scripts, stored procedures and user defined functions as well as Crystal reports.Frequently worked directly with Customer Support technicians and Automation Consultants to troubleshoot problems and provide a high level of both telephone and on-site product support to customers.Accomplishments: I would consider one of my biggest accomplishment to be researching, introducing and evangelizing Agile development practices into the organization. Collaborated with my peers on the planning, implementation and management of changes to the core data structures of the OpCon workload automation solution involving pervasive changes to the application but ultimately leading to significant increases in both the usability and functionality of the product.

Houston, United States

Responsibilities: As a Software Developer I developed T-SQL scripts, stored procedures and user-defined functions to be used in conjunction with SMA Technologies workload automation solution, OpCon. I also developed Crystal Reports (versions 7 through 11)I frequently worked directly with Customer Support technicians and Automation Consultants to troubleshoot problems and provide a high level of both telephone and on-site product support to customers.Accomplishments: Involved in the design and development of significant changes to the core data structures of the OpCon workload automation solution aimed at radically improving the flexibility of the product and aiding the ability to respond quickly to requests for change by reducing the amount of effort needed to provide storage for new data items.

Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Responsibilities: - Manage team of 4 Database Administrators- Hands-on database design and administration- Plan and execute database reorganizations- Provide support to application developers- Sub-Project Management - System Management of Forte ADE- Integration between Unisys 2200 and Open platforms- Hardware Platforms - Unisys HMP IX ClearPath, Unisys 2200/544 - Unisys Aquanta Servers- Operating Systems - Unisys OS2200 - Windows NT 4.0 - Windows 2000 - Windows XP- Databases - DMS2200 and RDMS 2200 - Sybase System 11 And Adaptive Server - MS SQL 6.5, MS SQL 7.0 and SQL Server 2000- Development Tools and Environments - COBOL (incl. TIP, HVTIP and DPS), Q-LINK, IQU-Plus-1, - Forte Systems Management - Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager - Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Responsibilities:  Managed between 3 and 7 developers (from Junior Programmer to Senior Analyst Programmer levels) Developed, enhanced and maintained COBOL applications in the Unisys 2200 environment for the Mortgage Loans business division Developed, enhanced and maintained Q-Link applications for all business divisions Provided technical support to all developers in COBOL programming environment (incl. DMS, TIP, HVTIP, DPS)Accomplishments: Named "IT Person of the Year" within the company for 1994Designed and implemented changes to the Mortgage Loans systems that allowed the Mortgage Loans staff to negotiate individualized interest adjustments with borrowers depending on factors such as risk, loan term, credit score etc.

Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Responsibilities: Managed 4 developers. Supported the production COBOL environments for the following business applications – Mortgage Loans, Short Term Insurance, Relationship Banking, Participation Bonds, Consumer Finance, Bank Reconciliation Provided technical support to all developers in COBOL programming environment (incl. DMS, TIP, HVTIP, DPS) Developed, enhanced and maintained Q-Link applications for all business divisions

Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Responsibilities:  Provided technical support to all developers in COBOL programming environment (incl. DMS, TIP, HVTIP, DPS) Developed, enhanced and maintained Q-Link applications for all business divisions Enhanced HVTIP online system to allow access from MAPPER via DTM/SCHDLR. Acted as liaison between application developers and technical services (systems programmer and database administration teams)Accomplishments:Developed source control and program compilation utility used by all COBOL developers in Systems Development group. This significantly raised the confidence levels of the Operations team in the integrity of the source code and guaranteed that new and updated source code was only being pushed to production in a controlled manner.